2019 Vietnam floods, September
On September 3rd to 5th, heavy flooding hit the province of Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Ha Tinh, isolating many communes.


2019 Vietnam forest fires
Since mid-June, fires have been reported in Nghệ An Province with several more occurring in the communes of Hương Trà and Hương Thủy in the central province of Thừa Thiên-Huế that have spread across over 100 hectares (247 acres) of pine and acacia trees. Other forest fires have been reported in Vietnamese central provinces and cities, from Đà Nẵng to Hà Tĩnh that has posed a threat to the 500kV transmission line in the area, forcing the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) to cut electricity distribution.


2019 Vietnam forest fires, Effects
A fire occurred in Nghệ An Province on 22 June destroying 15 hectares (37 acres) of forest. On 28 June, five separate fires in Hà Tĩnh Province destroyed hundreds of hectares of forests and threatened nearby residential areas. The largest fire happened at around 1:00 pm at a protected forest area in Nghi Xuân District which quickly spread due to the sunny, dry weather and strong winds. Forest fires also struck the Hương Sơn District the following days with 20 places in the district experiencing fires. On 7 July, another fire occurred at around 1:00 pm on Thanh Vinh Mountain in Liên Chiểu District.


2019 Vietnam forest fires, Responses
Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc urged the nation and local authorities to strengthen measures to prevent and contain the spread of the forest fires, detect fires and mobilise forces to extinguish fires before they spread. The Prime Minister also asked  leaders of Bình Định, Đà Nẵng, Hà Tĩnh, Khánh Hòa, Nghệ An, Ninh Bình, Phú Yên, Quảng Bình, Quảng Nam, Quảng Ngãi, Quảng Trị, Thanh Hóa and Thừa Thiên-Huế provinces to implement urgent measures to prevent and fight forest fires. Furthermore, he urged the Vietnamese electricity board to co-operate with local authorities and related agencies to ensure the safety of the national electricity distribution system and be alert to any incidents that might affect power supply.


2019 Vietnam forest fires, Responses
The local government in Thừa Thiên-Huế Province mobilised a team of 1,000 forest rangers, firefighters, policemen and soldiers together with reserve soldiers to contain the spread of the fires. Similar measures were instituted by other  affected provinces. Deputy chairman of the Nghi Xuân District People's Committee announced that by 10.30am on 30 June, a forest fire in Xuân Hồng Commune of Hà Tĩnh Province was brought under control and officials continued to patrol the area.


2019 Vietnam forest fires, Aftermath
Most of the fires, including those in  the Nghệ An Province, have been identified by the authorities as being caused by hot weather with the spread escalated by strong winds. The fire in Đà Nẵng started on the top of a mountain, and accompanied by strong winds and hot weather, was difficult for firefighters  to access. It was brought under control  in three hours on 7 July 2020. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.


2019 Vietnam forest fires, Aftermath
One of the fires which occurred on 5 August in Thừa Thiên-Huế Province was caused by people offering incense and joss paper that were spread by strong winds to nearby vegetation consisting of pine trees with the authorities taking two hours to stop the fires before the fire started again at 7.30pm. The investigation on the fires in Hà Tĩnh was resolved with the arrest of a local Vietnamese man for accidentally causing the fire while burning rubbish in his home area located near the forest.


2019 Vietnamese Cup
The 2019 Vietnamese National Cup (known as the Bamboo Airways National Cup for sponsorship reasons) season is the 27th edition of the Vietnamese Cup, the football knockout competition of Vietnam organized by the Vietnam Football Federation.


2019 Viking FK season
The 2019 season was Viking's 1st year back in Eliteserien, after being promoted last season. It was the club's 69th season in the top flight of Norwegian football. The club participated in the Eliteserien and the Norwegian Cup.


2019 Viking FK season, Squad
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2019 Viking FK season, Squad, Out on loan
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2019 Viking FK season, Friendlies
On 16 December 2018, Viking announced five friendly matches to be played in pre-season. Five more matches were announced a few weeks later.


2019 Viking FK season, Friendlies
On 31 May 2019, Viking announced two friendly matches to be played in June.


2019 Villa Nueva mayoral election
The 2019 Villa Nueva mayoral election will be held on 16 June 2019.


2019 Villa Nueva mayoral election
The elections will be held next to the presidential, legislative, municipal and Central American Parliament elections.


2019 Villa Nueva mayoral election
The current mayor Edwin Escobar Hill, elected by the extinct Renewed Democratic Liberty, does not run for re-election, because he is running as a presidential candidate.


2019 Villa Unión shootout
On 30 November 2019, a shootout broke out in Villa Unión, Coahuila between a drug cartel, suspected to be the Cartel del Noreste, and police. Cartel forces attacked with a convoy of armed pickup trucks around noon. Villa Unión's town hall, the intended recipient of the attack, was targeted because it is the headquarters of the town's police force, leaving it badly damaged. Unverified videos showed smoke rising from the city. Vehicles were stolen and several civilians were kidnapped by the cartel during their retreat. In the following days, state forces pursued the cartels responsible for the attack, with 7 gang members killed on 1 December.


2019 Villanova Wildcats football team
The 2019 Villanova Wildcats football team represented Villanova University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Mark Ferrante and played their home games at Villanova Stadium. They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 9–4, 5–3 in CAA play to finish in a tie for third place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost in the first round to Southeastern Louisiana.


2019 Villanova Wildcats football team, Previous season
The Wildcats finished the 2018 season 5–6, 2–6 in CAA play to finish in a tie for tenth place.


2019 Villanova Wildcats football team, Preseason, CAA poll
In the CAA preseason poll released on July 23, 2019, the Wildcats were predicted to finish in ninth place.


2019 Villanova Wildcats football team, Preseason, Preseason All–CAA team
The Wildcats did not have any players selected to the preseason all-CAA team.


2019 Villanova Wildcats football team, FCS Playoffs
The Wildcats were selected for the postseason tournament, with a first-round pairing against Southeastern Louisiana.


2019 Virginia Beach shooting
On May 31, 2019, a mass shooting occurred at a municipal building in the Princess Anne area of Virginia Beach, Virginia. The gunman, DeWayne Craddock, who was a disgruntled city employee, fatally shot 12 people and wounded four others. He was then shot dead by responding police officers.


2019 Virginia Beach shooting, Shooting
The perpetrator fatally shot a person in a car in the parking lot of Building 2 of the Virginia Beach Municipal Center and one person on the steps before entering the building and shooting people on all three floors. The building housed the city's public works, utilities, and planning departments in an open-government facility with no additional security to enter but security passes required for accessing employee areas and conference rooms. He fired indiscriminately and there was no immediate indication that he had targeted anyone in particular. He was fatally shot during a prolonged gunfight with police who responded to the scene.


2019 Virginia Beach shooting, Shooting
Some members of the public and employees were initially unaware of the shooter, and many were alerted by phone calls, text messages, or word of mouth to shelter in place or evacuate the location. The confusion was in part due to renovations that were underway at the time leading many to believe the shots were from a nail gun or another tool. An active shooter situation at the municipal center was confirmed by an email from the Communications Office at 4:22 pm  and the city manager around 4:40 p.m.


2019 Virginia Beach shooting, Shooting
Police response to the shooting was slowed down due to electronic security doors that require a badge to open. The FBI, the ATF, and the United States Department of Homeland Security responded to assist local and state police. Two semi-automatic pistols, a suppressor, and multiple extended magazines were found at the scene. The perpetrator had purchased the firearms legally within the last three years.


2019 Virginia Beach shooting, Victims
The shooter killed twelve people. Eleven were city employees and one was a contractor in the building to obtain a permit. The employees had a combined 150 years of service, one having worked there for 41 years. Six employees worked in the public utilities department, alongside their killer. Four other people were injured and hospitalized, with three in critical condition; in addition, a police officer was shot in his ballistic vest.


2019 Virginia Beach shooting, Victims
According to her family's attorney, one of the victims contemplated bringing a pistol with her to work the night prior to the shooting but did not do so due to a city policy forbidding it.


2019 Virginia Beach shooting, Perpetrator
The perpetrator was identified by the police as 40-year-old DeWayne Antonio Craddock (born DeWayne Antonio Hamilton; October 15, 1978 – May 31, 2019) He worked as an engineer in the city's public utilities department until tendering his resignation in an email he sent to city management a few hours before the attack. Having resigned "within good standing in his department", Craddock still possessed a security pass to enter employee work spaces within the building at the time of the attack. In the days prior to the shooting, he was alleged to have been involved in physical scuffles with fellow city employees and threatened with disciplinary action. However, the city manager said that when Craddock resigned, he "had no issues of discipline ongoing".


2019 Virginia Beach shooting, Perpetrator
Within the span of at least three years prior to the shooting, Craddock had legally acquired six firearms, five of which are chambered in .45 ACP. Two .45-caliber pistols (a Glock 21 and an H&K USP Compact Tactical equipped with a suppressor) were used in the shooting and three more weapons were found at his home, including one Bond Arms Backup Derringer in .45-caliber, one Just Right Carbine in .45-caliber, and another Glock 21 pistol in .45-caliber. The sixth weapon, an unidentified Ruger rifle the suspect purchased on April 12, is still being checked by authorities.


2019 Virginia Beach shooting, Perpetrator
Craddock graduated in 1996 from Denbigh High School in Newport News. Between 1996 and 2002, he served in the Virginia Army National Guard in Norfolk as a cannon crew member with the First Battalion, 111th Field Artillery Regiment. At the time of his discharge he held the rank of Specialist (E-4) and had not been deployed for combat service. In 2002, he graduated from Old Dominion University with a degree in civil engineering.


2019 Virginia Beach shooting, Perpetrator
Prior to the shooting, Craddock did not have a criminal record with the exception of minor traffic violations.


2019 Virginia Beach shooting, Aftermath
Multiple vigils were organized for the victims of the shooting by churches and other organizations. Members of the Courthouse Community United Methodist Church prepared food for police at the scene, after it was secured.


2019 Virginia Beach shooting, Aftermath
The day after the shooting, Virginia Beach police held a news conference which included a detailed presentation on the names, photos, and job titles of the twelve victims who were killed, including the towns in which they lived. They announced the perpetrator's name only once, vowing that it would be the only time they would ever do so.


2019 Virginia Beach shooting, Aftermath
On July 2, 2019, the Virginia Beach City Council voted to order an independent investigation of the circumstances that led to the mass shooting. The decision came after the families of some of the victims expressed dissatisfaction with the information released by the authorities.


2019 Virginia Beach shooting, Aftermath, Reactions
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam tweeted, "My heart breaks for the victims of this devastating shooting, their families, and all who loved them." Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring said, "In recent years there have been mass shootings at American elementary schools, colleges, government buildings, offices, concerts, movie theaters, nightclubs and even places of worship, like churches, mosques, and synagogues. We have to do more to stop this kind of violence." Virginia Beach Mayor Bobby Dyer said, "This is the most devastating day in the history of Virginia Beach." He tried to quell both sides of the gun control debate, asking all to avoid "knee jerk reaction" and "bipartisan bureaucratic malpractice."


2019 Virginia Beach shooting, Aftermath, Reactions
Virginia's junior U.S. Senator, Tim Kaine, promised to "keep pushing for Congress to take action to prevent the daily scourge of gun violence in America." Virginia's senior U.S. Senator, Mark Warner, thanked police for their response. U.S. Representative Elaine Luria, who represents Virginia Beach, offered sympathies and thanked "first responders and law enforcement for risking their lives to bring a suspect into custody." She further said that the incident "is more proof Congress must act to prevent gun violence." U.S. President Donald Trump also offered condolences, as did House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.


2019 Virginia Cavaliers football team
The 2019 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia during the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cavaliers were led by fourth-year head coach Bronco Mendenhall and played their home games at Scott Stadium. The team competed as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.


2019 Virginia Cavaliers football team
Coming off an 8–5 season in 2018, Virginia was considered the favorite to win the Coastal Division. The Cavaliers began the season with four straight victories, but then lost three games in a four-game stretch to Notre Dame, Miami, and Louisville. The team rebounded with four straight victories to close out the regular season, including a win over rival and 24th-ranked Virginia Tech to secure Virginia's place in the ACC Championship Game.


2019 Virginia Cavaliers football team
It was Virginia's first win over Virginia Tech since 2003, and it was the school's first appearance in the conference title game, concluding a seven-year stretch in which all seven members of the Coastal Division won the division. In the Championship Game, Virginia lost to Clemson, 62–17. The team received an invitation to the Orange Bowl to play Florida, where they lost 36–28, to end the season with a 9–5 record.


2019 Virginia Cavaliers football team
Virginia was led on offense by quarterback Bryce Perkins, who finished with 3,530 passing yards and 22 touchdowns, and was named second-team all-conference. Perkins also led the team in rushing, finishing with 769 yards and 11 touchdowns on the ground. Wide receiver and return specialist Joe Reed was named first-team all-conference as an all-purpose back. On defense, the team's leading tackler and sacks leader was linebacker Zane Zandier.


2019 Virginia Cavaliers football team, Preseason, Preseason media poll
In the preseason ACC media poll, Virginia was predicted to win the Coastal Division, but received just one vote out of 173 to win the ACC Championship Game.


2019 Virginia Cavaliers football team, Regular season
Bronco Mendenhall became the first coach to bring both trophies to Charlottesville at the same time. The Jefferson-Eppes Trophy may remain in Cavalier hands until at least 2025, as FSU does not appear on the ACC schedules for Virginia through 2024.


2019 Virginia Cavaliers football team, Regular season
As projected by the pre-season media, Virginia won the Coastal division for the first time despite an early season-ending injury to the team's highest NFL prospect, Bryce Hall, in the game against Miami.


2019 Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer team
The 2019 Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer team represented University of Virginia during the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Cavaliers were led by head coach George Gelnovatch, in his twenty-fourth season. They played home games at Klöckner Stadium. This was be the team's 79th season playing organized men's college soccer and their 67th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference. They had entered the NCAA Tournament as the No. 1 seed and were the runner-up.


2019 Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer team, Previous season
The 2018 Virginia Cavaliers team finished the season with a final overall record of 10–4–3, and final ACC record of 3–3–2. The Cavaliers were seeded sixth-overall in the 2018 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament, where they were upset in the first round by Pittsburgh. The Cavaliers earned an at-large bid into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament, continuing their record streak of consecutive NCAA appearances going at 38 appearances. In the NCAA Tournament, Virginia was seeded tenth overall in the tournament, where they reached third round before losing to Notre Dame.


2019 Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer team, Squad, Roster
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2019 Virginia Cavaliers women's soccer team
The 2019 Virginia Cavaliers women's soccer team represented University of Virginia during the 2019 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Cavaliers were led by head coach Steve Swanson, in his nineteenth season. They played home games at Klöckner Stadium. This was the team's 34th season playing organized men's college soccer and their 32nd playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference


2019 Virginia Cavaliers women's soccer team
The Cavaliers finished the season 17–2–3, 6–0–3 in ACC play to finish in third place. As the third seed in the ACC Tournament, they defeated Duke in the quarterfinals and Florida State in the semifinals. In the final, they ended up losing to North Carolina. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated Radford before losing to Washington State in the Second Round.


2019 Virginia Cavaliers women's soccer team, Squad, Roster
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019 Virginia House of Delegates election
The 2019 Virginia House of Delegates election was held on Tuesday, November 5, 2019, concurrently with the elections for the Senate of Virginia, to elect members to the 161st Virginia General Assembly. All 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates were up for election. It resulted in Democrats gaining 6 seats in the House of Delegates, and gaining control of both chambers of the General Assembly, marking the first time that Democrats held control of both legislative and executive branches in Virginia since 1993.


2019 Virginia House of Delegates election, Background
In the 2017 Virginia House of Delegates election, Republicans held on to a slim majority of 51-49 after a drawing in a tied race went in their favor. In those elections Democrats gained 15 seats in what was widely considered a rebuke of the presidency of President Donald Trump.


2019 Virginia House of Delegates election, Background
Since the last elections several State House districts were redrawn, following a federal district court decision that struck down 11 districts for racial discrimination. The Republican majority in the House of Delegates appealed the decision directly to the United States Supreme Court. The Supreme Court affirmed the district court's decision in a 5–4 vote, arguing that the House of Delegates lacked standing in the case.


2019 Virginia House of Delegates election, Background
In the aftermath of the 2019 Virginia Beach shooting, Governor Ralph Northam called for a special session of the Virginia Legislature in order for it to consider different gun-control bills. The House of Delegates reconvened on July 9, 2019 only for it to adjourn again after 90 minutes of session. This decision was made on a party-line vote. Northam expressed his disappointment that no gun-control measures were considered. Then-Speaker of the House of Delegates Kirk Cox called the special session "just an election year stunt". He criticized the Democrats' focus on gun-control bills without considering mental health and penalization of crimes.


2019 Virginia House of Delegates election, Detailed results, District 1
Incumbent Republican Terry Kilgore has represented the 1st District since 2017.


2019 Virginia House of Delegates election, Detailed results, District 2
Incumbent Democrat Jennifer Carroll Foy has represented the 2nd district since 2018.


2019 Virginia House of Delegates election, Detailed results, District 3
Incumbent Republican Will Morefield has represented the 3rd district since 2010.


2019 Virginia House of Delegates election, Detailed results, District 4
Incumbent Republican Todd Pillion has represented the 4th district since 2014. He is retiring.


2019 Virginia House of Delegates election, Detailed results, District 5
Incumbent Republican Israel O'Quinn has represented the 5th district since 2012.


2019 Virginia House of Delegates election, Detailed results, District 6
Incumbent Republican  Jeff Campbell has represented the 6th district since 2014 special election.


2019 Virginia House of Delegates election, Detailed results, District 7
Incumbent Republican  Nick Rush has represented the 7th district since 2012.


2019 Virginia House of Delegates election, Detailed results, District 8
Incumbent Republican Joseph McNamara has represented the 8th district since the 2018 special election.


2019 Virginia House of Delegates election, Detailed results, District 9
Incumbent Republican Charles Poindexter has represented the 9th district since 2008.


2019 Virginia House of Delegates election, Detailed results, District 10
Incumbent Democrat Wendy Gooditis has represented the 10th district since 2016.


2019 Virginia House of Delegates election, Detailed results, District 11
Incumbent Democrat Sam Rasoul has represented the 11th district since 2014.


2019 Virginia House of Delegates election, Detailed results, District 12
Incumbent Democrat Chris Hurst has represented the 12th district since 2018.


2019 Virginia House of Delegates election, Detailed results, District 13
Incumbent Democrat Danica Roem has represented the 13th district since 2018.


2019 Virginia House of Delegates election, Detailed results, District 14
Incumbent Republican Danny Marshall has represented the 14th district since 2002.


2019 Virginia House of Delegates election, Detailed results, District 15
Incumbent Republican Todd Gilbert has represented the 15th district since 2006.


2019 Virginia House of Delegates election, Detailed results, District 16
Incumbent Republican Les Adams has represented the 16th district since 2014.


2019 Virginia House of Delegates election, Detailed results, District 17
Incumbent Republican Chris Head has represented the 17th district since 2012.


2019 Virginia House of Delegates election, Detailed results, District 18
Incumbent Republican Michael Webert has represented the 12th district since 2012.


2019 Virginia House of Delegates election, Detailed results, District 19
Incumbent Republican Terry Austin has represented the 19th district since 2014.


2019 Virginia House of Delegates election, Detailed results, District 20
Incumbent Republican Richard Bell has represented the 20th district since 2010. He did not seek reelection, and was succeeded by Republican John Avoli.


2019 Virginia House of Delegates election, Detailed results, District 21
Incumbent Democrat Kelly Fowler has represented the 21st district since 2018.


2019 Virginia House of Delegates election, Detailed results, District 22
Incumbent Republican Kathy Byron has represented the 22nd district since 1998.


2019 Virginia House of Delegates election, Detailed results, District 23
Incumbent Republican T. Scott Garrett has represented the 23rd district since 2010. He did not seek reelection, and was succeeded by Republican Wendell Walker.


2019 Virginia House of Delegates election, Detailed results, District 24
Incumbent Republican Ronnie R. Campbell has represented the 24th district since a 2019 special election.


2019 Virginia House of Delegates election, Detailed results, District 25
Incumbent Republican Steve Landes has represented the 25th district since 1996. He did not seek reelection.


2019 Virginia House of Delegates election, Detailed results, District 26
Incumbent Republican Tony Wilt has represented the 26th district since a 2010 special election.


2019 Virginia House of Delegates election, Detailed results, District 27
Incumbent Republican Roxann Robinson has represented the 27th district since a 2010 special election.


2019 Virginia House of Delegates election, Detailed results, District 28
Incumbent Republican Bob Thomas has represented the 28th district since 2018. He was defeated in the Republican Primary by Paul Milde, who was then defeated in the General election by Democrat Joshua G. Cole.


2019 Virginia House of Delegates election, Detailed results, District 29
Incumbent Republican Chris Collins has represented the 29th district since 2016.


2019 Virginia House of Delegates election, Detailed results, District 30
Incumbent Republican Nick Freitas has represented the 30th district since 2016. He ran and won as a write in candidate.


2019 Virginia House of Delegates election, Detailed results, District 31
Incumbent Democrat Elizabeth Guzmán has represented the 31st district since 2018.


2019 Virginia House of Delegates election, Detailed results, District 32
Incumbent Democrat David A. Reid has represented the 32nd district since 2018.


2019 Virginia House of Delegates election, Detailed results, District 33
Incumbent  Republican Dave LaRock has represented the 33rd district since 2014.


2019 Virginia House of Delegates election, Detailed results, District 34
Incumbent Democrat Kathleen Murphy has represented the 34th district since the 2015 special election.


2019 Virginia House of Delegates election, Detailed results, District 35
Incumbent Democrat Mark Keam has represented the 35th district since 2010.


2019 Virginia House of Delegates election, Detailed results, District 36
Incumbent Democrat Kenneth R. Plum has represented the 36th district since 1982.


2019 Virginia House of Delegates election, Detailed results, District 37
Incumbent Democrat David Bulova has represented the 37th district since 2006.


2019 Virginia House of Delegates election, Detailed results, District 38
Incumbent Democrat Kaye Kory has represented the 38th district since 2010.


2019 Virginia House of Delegates election, Detailed results, District 39
Incumbent Democrat Vivian Watts has represented the 39th district since 1996.


2019 Virginia House of Delegates election, Detailed results, District 40
Incumbent Republican and Majority Caucus Chairman Tim Hugo has represented the 40th district since 2003. He was unseated by Democrat Dan Helmer.


2019 Virginia House of Delegates election, Detailed results, District 41
Incumbent Democrat and Minority Leader of the Virginia House of Delegates Eileen Filler-Corn has represented the 41st district since 2010.


2019 Virginia House of Delegates election, Detailed results, District 42nd
Incumbent Democrat Kathy Tran has represented the 42nd district since 2018.


2019 Virginia House of Delegates election, Detailed results, District 43
Incumbent Democrat Mark Sickles has represented the 43rd district since 2004.


2019 Virginia House of Delegates election, Detailed results, District 44
Incumbent Democrat Paul Krizek has represented the 44th district since 2016.


2019 Virginia House of Delegates election, Detailed results, District 45
Incumbent Democrat Mark Levine has represented the 45th district since 2016.


2019 Virginia House of Delegates election, Detailed results, District 46
Incumbent Democrat and Minority Caucus Chair Charniele Herring has represented the 46th district since 2009.


2019 Virginia House of Delegates election, Detailed results, District 47
Incumbent Democrat Patrick Hope has represented the 47th district since 2010.


2019 Virginia House of Delegates election, Detailed results, District 48
Incumbent Democrat Rip Sullivan has represented the 48th district since 2014.


2019 Virginia House of Delegates election, Detailed results, District 49
Incumbent Democrat  and  House Minority Whip Alfonso H. Lopez has represented the 49th district since 2012.


2019 Virginia House of Delegates election, Detailed results, District 50
Incumbent Democrat Lee J. Carter has represented the 50th district since 2018.


2019 Virginia House of Delegates election, Detailed results, District 51
Incumbent Democrat Hala Ayala has represented the 51st district since 2018.


2019 Virginia House of Delegates election, Detailed results, District 52
Incumbent Democrat Luke Torian has represented the 52nd district since 2010.


2019 Virginia House of Delegates election, Detailed results, District 53
Incumbent Democrat Marcus Simon has represented the 53rd district since 2014.


2019 Virginia House of Delegates election, Detailed results, District 54
Incumbent  Republican Bobby Orrock has represented the 54th district since 1990.


2019 Virginia House of Delegates election, Detailed results, District 56
Incumbent  Republican John McGuire has represented the 56th district since 2018.


2019 Virginia House of Delegates election, Detailed results, District 57
Incumbent  Democrat David Toscano has represented the 57th district since 2006. He did not seek reelection.


2019 Virginia House of Delegates election, Detailed results, District 58
Incumbent  Republican Rob Bell has represented the 58th district since 2002.


2019 Virginia Senate election
The 2019 Virginia Senate election was held on November 5, 2019, concurrently with the House election, to elect members to all 40 seats in the Senate of Virginia for the 161st Virginia General Assembly. Primaries were held on June 11. The elections resulted in Democrats gaining 2 seats in the senate, and gaining control of both chambers of the General Assembly, marking the first time that Democrats held control of both legislative and executive branches in Virginia since 1993.


2019 Virginia Senate election, Retiring incumbents
Three incumbent Senators, all Republicans, decided not to seek reelection:


2019 Virginia Senate election, Incumbents defeated, In primary election
One incumbent senator, a Democrat, was defeated in the June 11 primary election.


2019 Virginia Senate election, Incumbents defeated, In general election
One incumbent senator, a Republican, was defeated in the November 5th general election.


2019 Virginia Senate election, Detailed results, District 1
Incumbent Democrat Monty Mason has represented the 1st District since 2017.


2019 Virginia Senate election, Detailed results, District 2
Incumbent Democrat Mamie Locke has represented the 2nd district since 2004.


2019 Virginia Senate election, Detailed results, District 3
Incumbent Republican and current Majority Leader Tommy Norment has represented the 3rd district since 1992.


2019 Virginia Senate election, Detailed results, District 4
Incumbent Republican Ryan McDougle has represented the 4th district since 2006.


2019 Virginia Senate election, Detailed results, District 5
Incumbent Democrat Lionell Spruill has represented the 5th district since 2017.


2019 Virginia Senate election, Detailed results, District 6
Incumbent Democrat Lynwood Lewis has represented the 6th district since a 2014 special election.


2019 Virginia Senate election, Detailed results, District 7
The seat has been vacant since May 2019 when incumbent Republican Frank Wagner (who had already announced his intention not to seek reelection) resigned to take the position as deputy director of the Virginia Lottery.


2019 Virginia Senate election, Detailed results, District 8
Incumbent Republican Bill DeSteph has represented the 8th district since 2016.


2019 Virginia Senate election, Detailed results, District 9
Incumbent Democrat Jennifer McClellan has represented the 9th district since a 2017 special election.


2019 Virginia Senate election, Detailed results, District 10
Incumbent Republican Glen Sturtevant has represented the 10th district since 2016.


2019 Virginia Senate election, Detailed results, District 11
Incumbent Republican Amanda Chase has represented the 11th district since 2016.


2019 Virginia Senate election, Detailed results, District 12
Incumbent Republican Siobhan Dunnavant has represented the 12th district since 2016.


2019 Virginia Senate election, Detailed results, District 13
Incumbent Republican Dick Black has represented the 13th district since 2012. He is not running for reelection.


2019 Virginia Senate election, Detailed results, District 14
Incumbent Republican John Cosgrove has represented the 14th district since a 2013 special election.


2019 Virginia Senate election, Detailed results, District 15
Incumbent Republican Frank Ruff has represented the 15th district since a 2000 special election.


2019 Virginia Senate election, Detailed results, District 16
Incumbent Democrat Rosalyn Dance has represented the 16th district since a 2014 special election. She was defeated in the June 11 primary election.


2019 Virginia Senate election, Detailed results, District 17
Incumbent Republican Bryce Reeves has represented the 17th district since 2012.


2019 Virginia Senate election, Detailed results, District 18
Incumbent Democrat Louise Lucas has represented the 18th district since 1992.


2019 Virginia Senate election, Detailed results, District 19
Incumbent Republican David Suetterlein has represented the 19th district since 2016.


2019 Virginia Senate election, Detailed results, District 20
Incumbent Republican Bill Stanley has represented the 20th district since 2012.


2019 Virginia Senate election, Detailed results, District 21
Incumbent Democrat John S. Edwards has represented the 21st district since 1996.


2019 Virginia Senate election, Detailed results, District 22
Incumbent Republican Mark Peake has represented the 22nd district since a 2017 special election.


2019 Virginia Senate election, Detailed results, District 23
Incumbent Republican Stephen Newman has represented the 23rd district since 1996.


2019 Virginia Senate election, Detailed results, District 24
Incumbent Republican Emmett Hanger has represented the 24th district since 1996.


2019 Virginia Senate election, Detailed results, District 25
Incumbent Democrat Creigh Deeds has represented the 25th district since a 2001 special election.


2019 Virginia Senate election, Detailed results, District 26
Incumbent Republican Mark Obenshain has represented the 26th district since a 2004 special election.


2019 Virginia Senate election, Detailed results, District 27
Incumbent Republican Jill Vogel has represented the 27th district since 2008.


2019 Virginia Senate election, Detailed results, District 28
Incumbent Republican Richard Stuart has represented the 28th district since 2008.


2019 Virginia Senate election, Detailed results, District 29
Incumbent Democrat Jeremy McPike has represented the 29th district since 2016.


2019 Virginia Senate election, Detailed results, District 30
Incumbent Democrat Adam Ebbin has represented the 30th district since 2012.


2019 Virginia Senate election, Detailed results, District 31
Incumbent Democrat Barbara Favola has represented the 31st district since 2012.


2019 Virginia Senate election, Detailed results, District 32
Incumbent Democrat Janet Howell has represented the 32nd district since 1992.


2019 Virginia Senate election, Detailed results, District 33
Incumbent Democrat Jennifer Boysko has represented the 33rd district since a 2019 special election.


2019 Virginia Senate election, Detailed results, District 34
Incumbent Democrat Chap Petersen has represented the 34th district since 2008.


2019 Virginia Senate election, Detailed results, District 35
Incumbent Democrat and current Minority Leader Dick Saslaw has represented the 35th district since 1980.


2019 Virginia Senate election, Detailed results, District 36
Incumbent Democrat Scott Surovell has represented the 36th district since 2016.


2019 Virginia Senate election, Detailed results, District 37
Incumbent Democrat Dave Marsden has represented the 37th district since a 2010 special election.


2019 Virginia Senate election, Detailed results, District 38
Incumbent Republican Ben Chafin has represented the 38th district since a 2014 special election.


2019 Virginia Senate election, Detailed results, District 39
Incumbent Democrat George Barker has represented the 39th district since 2008.


2019 Virginia Senate election, Detailed results, District 40
Incumbent Republican Charles William Carrico Sr. has represented the 40th district since 2012. He did not run for reelection.


2019 Virginia Tech Hokies football team
The 2019 Virginia Tech Hokies football team represented Virginia Tech during the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Hokies were led by fourth-year head coach Justin Fuente and played their home games at Lane Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia. They competed as members of the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). In one of the most devastating loses in recent memory, the Hokies lost to arch rival Virginia for the first time since 2003. The loss cost the Hokies the Coastal Division and a trip to the Orange Bowl.


2019 Virginia Tech Hokies football team, Preseason, Preseason media poll
In the preseason ACC media poll, Virginia Tech was predicted to finish in third in the Coastal Division.


2019 Virginia Tech Hokies football team, Schedule
In non-conference play, Virginia Tech played home games against Old Dominion of Conference USA, Furman of the Southern Conference, and Rhode Island of the Colonial Athletic Association, as well as a road game against Notre Dame, a football independent. In ACC play, the Hokies will play the other members of the Coastal Division as well as Boston College and Wake Forest from the Atlantic Division.


2019 Virginia Tech Hokies football team, Game summaries, North Carolina
Starting with the 2019 season, every overtime period starting with the fifth overtime consists solely of one two-point attempt per team from the three yard line.


2019 Virginia Tech Hokies football team, Game summaries, at Notre Dame
After poor performances against USC and Michigan, Notre Dame stepped up defensively against Virginia Tech. The hokies were held to their lowest total yards game since 2015 and lowest yards per play since 2016 in what was billed as "one of the best group effort performances" ever seen by Sports Illustrated sportswriter Bryan Driskell. Yet, Notre Dame still needed a late touchdown to win the game by a final score 21-20 and Notre Dame extended their home winning streak to 16 games.


2019 Virginia Tech Hokies football team, Honorary #25 Beamer Jersey
Since the start of the 2016 season, during the week before each game, Head Coach Justin Fuente selects an outstanding player to wear the #25 jersey in honor of former head coach, Frank Beamer, who wore #25 as a player for Virginia Tech. The jersey represents hard work, toughness, good sportsmanship and being a exemplary teammate. At first, the distinction was intended strictly for special teams players, but has since been expanded to include all team members.


2019 Virginia Tech Hokies men's soccer team
The 2019 Virginia Tech Hokies men's soccer team represented Virginia Tech during the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the 48th season of the University fielding a program. The Hokies played their home games at Sandra D. Thompson Field in Blacksburg, Virginia. The Hokies were led by eleventh year head coach Mike Brizendine.


2019 Virginia Tech Hokies men's soccer team, Background
The 2018 Virginia Tech men's soccer team finished the season with a 11–7–3 overall record and a 3–4–1 ACC record. The Hokies were seeded seventh–overall in the 2018 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament. The Hokies won their first round match up against Syracuse, but fell to North Caorlina in the second round. The Hokies earned an at-large bid into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. As the twelfth overall seed Virginia Tech defeated Charlotte in the second round, before losing to James Madison in the third round.


2019 Virginia Tech Hokies men's soccer team, Player movement, Players arriving
Virginia Tech announced its 2019 signing class of six players on November 28, 2018.


2019 Virginia Tech Hokies men's soccer team, Squad, Roster
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019 Virginia Tech Hokies women's soccer team
The 2019 Virginia Tech Hokies women's soccer team represented Virginia Tech during the 2019 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. It was the 27th season of the university fielding a program and 16th competing in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Hokies were led by 9th year head coach Charles Adair and played their home games at Thompson Field.


2019 Virginia Tech Hokies women's soccer team
The Hokies finished the season 12–5–2, 4–4–2 in ACC play to finish in a tie for eight place. They were not invited to the ACC Tournament. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost to Xavier in the First Round.


2019 Virginia Tech Hokies women's soccer team, Squad, Roster
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019 Virginia elections
The 2019 Virginia elections took place on November 5, 2019. All 40 seats of the Senate of Virginia and 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates were up for re-election, as were many local offices.


2019 Virginia elections
As of June 30, 2018, incumbents in both parties were out-raising their challengers, and there was a brisk pace of fundraising among Northern Virginia incumbents.


2019 Virginia elections
A U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia panel had chosen a redistricting map that was expected to favor Democrats in some key districts, including those of Kirk Cox, House Speaker, and Chris Jones, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee.


2019 Virginia elections
The Democratic Party won majorities in both the House of Delegates and the Senate, giving them control of both houses and the governor's mansion in Virginia for the first time since 1994.


2019 Virginia elections, Special elections
Following Democrat Jennifer Wexton's 2018 election to represent Virginia's 10th congressional district, a special election was held on January 8, 2019 to fill the 33rd Virginia Senate district seat she was vacating. Democrat Jennifer Boysko defeated Republican Joe May. The seat she vacated, 86th Virginia House of Delegates district, held a special election on February 19, 2019, which was won by Democrat Ibraheem Samirah.


2019 Virginia elections, Senate
According to official results, Democrats won 21 seats in the Senate, while Republicans won 19. This gives the Democrats the net gain of 2 seats they needed to take the chamber.


2019 Virginia elections, House
According to official results, Democrats won 55 seats, enough for a majority, while Republicans won 45 seats.


2019 Virginia elections, Municipal elections, County Board of Supervisors
All 95 counties in Virginia in Virginia had at least one Board of Supervisor member up for election or reelection in 2019. Juli Briskman, who had been fired from her job for giving the finger to the motorcade of Donald Trump, was elected to the board of supervisors for Loudoun County, Virginia.


2019 Virginia elections, Municipal elections, Soil and Water Directors
Ninety-four of the 95 counties in Virginia (Arlington County being the exception) elected Soil and Water Directors in 2019.


2019 Virginia elections, Municipal elections, Town Council
Twelve of Virginia's 190 towns had town council elections in 2019.


2019 Virginia elections, Municipal elections, City School Board
Four of Virginia's 38 cities elected school board members in 2019. These cities are Alexandria, Buena Vista, Charlottesville, and Falls Church.


2019 Virginia elections, Municipal elections, County School Board
All 95 counties in Virginia elected school board members in 2019.


2019 Virginia local elections
The 2019 Virginia municipal elections were held on November 5, 2019 to elect members of the County Board of Supervisors, Soil and Water Directors, and City School Board members.


2019 Virginia local elections, County Board of Supervisors
All 95 counties in Virginia in Virginia had at least one Board of Supervisor member up for election or reelection in 2019.


2019 Virginia local elections, Soil and Water Directors
Ninety-four of the 95 counties in Virginia (Arlington County being the exception) elected Soil and Water Directors in 2019.


2019 Virginia local elections, Town Council
Twelve of Virginia's 190 towns had town council elections in 2019.


2019 Virginia local elections, City School Board
Three of Virginia's 38 cities elected school board members in 2019. These cities are Buena Vista, Charlottesville, and Falls Church.


2019 Virginia local elections, County School Board
All 95 counties in Virginia elected board members in 2019.


2019 Virginia local elections, Special elections
At least 53 special elections in Virginia's municipalities were held in 2019.


2019 Virginia political crisis
The Virginia political crisis of 2019 occurred when all three of Virginia's statewide elected executive officials (all members of the Democratic Party) became engulfed in scandal over the course of one week in February 2019. All three (Governor Ralph Northam, Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax, and Attorney General Mark Herring) were consequently the subjects of nation-wide bipartisan calls for resignation or removal from office. The crisis started when a photo of Governor Ralph Northam's page in his 1984 medical school yearbook depicted an individual in blackface and an individual in a Ku Klux Klan outfit.


2019 Virginia political crisis
Northam had sparked a national outcry two days earlier over comments interpreted by conservatives and pro-life groups as supporting infanticide. Amid widespread calls for Northam's resignation, Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax had multiple sexual assault allegations raised against him dating to 2000 and 2004. Attorney General Mark Herring revealed shortly thereafter that he had also worn blackface while in college.


2019 Virginia political crisis
The issues raised together created a crisis in Virginia as all three statewide officials were engulfed in scandal over the span of a few days and the potential of all three resigning or being forced out of office became apparent. It also forced Democrats to grapple with racial and sexual assault scandals within their own party.


2019 Virginia political crisis, Background
Given the racially charged nature of the scandals, national media focused attention on Virginia's complicated history with race. Virginia had been a corner of the Atlantic slave trade triangle, and the Capital of the Confederacy. Its history has featured Monument Avenue, Massive Resistance, and the first African American state governor in US history, Douglas Wilder. More recently, Virginia voted for Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012, and was the site of the white supremacist Unite the Right rally in 2017.


2019 Virginia political crisis, Background
Virginia has had two Democratic senators since 2008 and Democrats had controlled all three statewide offices since 2014. The 2017 elections had been contentious and close, leading to Democrats maintaining control of all three statewide offices while Republicans clung to a 51-49 majority in the Virginia House of Delegates and a 21-19 majority in the Virginia Senate.


2019 Virginia political crisis, Positions affected
The situation involved the position of the Governor of Virginia, as well as the two positions (Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General) that directly follow in the gubernatorial order of succession, with widespread bipartisan calls for resignations having the potential for a state constitutional crisis.


2019 Virginia political crisis, Positions affected, Ralph Northam
On January 30, Northam had made controversial comments about abortion during a WTOP interview about the Repeal Act, where he stated that if a severely deformed or otherwise non-viable fetus was born after an unsuccessful abortion attempt, "the infant would be resuscitated if that's what the mother and the family desired, and then a discussion would ensue between the physicians and the mother." The comments sparked an outcry as conservative politicians and media figures characterized Northam's comments as promoting infanticide. After the yearbook photo was publicized, many conservative media outlets compared the two controversies and described them as a "bad week" for the governor.


2019 Virginia political crisis, Positions affected, Ralph Northam
On February 1, 2019, images from Northam's medical school yearbook were published on the right wing website Big League Politics. The photos showed an image of an unidentified person in blackface and an unidentified person in a Ku Klux Klan hood on Northam's page in the yearbook. A spokesman for Eastern Virginia Medical School confirmed that the image appeared in its 1984 yearbook. According to the Washington Post, the photo was sent as a tip to Big League Politics by one or more medical school classmates who were concerned about Northam's abortion comments.


2019 Virginia political crisis, Positions affected, Ralph Northam
Shortly after the news broke, Northam apologized for appearing in the photo Separately, a 1981 yearbook from the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) listed "Coonman" as one of Northam's nicknames, interpreted as a racial slur. The following day, Northam held a press conference in which he reversed his stance and denied that he appeared in the 1984 photo, but did admit to having "darkened [his] face" with shoe polish as part of a Michael Jackson costume around the same time.


2019 Virginia political crisis, Positions affected, Ralph Northam
Northam said only two people at VMI had referred to him as "Coonman", and that he regretted its inclusion in the yearbook. Reaction to the press conference was intensely negative and calls for Northam's resignation continued. The 1984 yearbook photo also brought renewed attention to a 2013 video clip in which Northam appeared unwilling to shake hands with his African-American opponent for lieutenant governor, E. W. Jackson, after a debate, though it was possible Northam did not see Jackson extending his hand.


2019 Virginia political crisis, Positions affected, Ralph Northam
A months-long investigation into the photo that appeared in the 1984 Eastern Virginia Medical School yearbook could not conclusively determine who was in the photo or how the image ended up there. A team hired by EVMS released a 55-page report on May 22, 2019, saying: “We could not conclusively determine the identity of either individual depicted in the photograph.” McGuireWoods contacted over 80 people connected to the school, including five members of their yearbook staff at the time.


2019 Virginia political crisis, Positions affected, Justin Fairfax
Fairfax was preparing for Northam to resign, even going so far as to notify family that as the next man in the line of succession he was about to replace Northam as governor, when Big League Politics reported on February 3 that Fairfax had been accused by Vanessa C. Tyson, an associate professor at Scripps College and fellow at Stanford University, of sexual assault at a hotel at the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston.


2019 Virginia political crisis, Positions affected, Justin Fairfax
Fairfax denied the accusation, saying his encounter with Tyson was consensual and the timing of the reports was intended to smear him as he was about to ascend to the governorship. Fairfax also insinuated that supporters of Northam, or someone connected with Richmond mayor Levar Stoney, a potential political rival since both were speculated as possible Democratic candidates for governor in 2021, may have been behind the allegation going public. A few days later, Tyson released a statement publicly detailing her allegations. Tyson said she is a Democrat with no political agenda and felt compelled to release the statement because Fairfax "has tried to brand me as a liar to a national audience, in service to his political ambitions, and has threatened litigation."


2019 Virginia political crisis, Positions affected, Justin Fairfax
On February 8, a second woman, Meredith Watson, came forward with sexual assault allegations against Fairfax, alleging that he raped her in a "premeditated and aggressive" attack in 2000 when both were undergraduate students at Duke University. The second accusation led to a cascade of calls from fellow Democrats from Virginia and around the country for Fairfax to resign. Delegate Patrick Hope, a Democrat, said he would initiate impeachment proceedings against Fairfax if he did not resign within three days, but backed off the threat amid concerns from fellow Democrat state legislators.


2019 Virginia political crisis, Positions affected, Mark Herring
On February 6, Herring, who had already called on Northam to resign, issued a statement in which he admitted to wearing blackface himself as a 19-year-old University of Virginia student, saying he was trying to look like rapper Kurtis Blow at a party. The scandal added to the tumult that now engulfed the entire executive branch of Virginia's government. Herring's revelation led to a pause in the demands for resignation as Democrats and many Republicans were unsure of how to react to the expanding crisis.


2019 Virginia political crisis, Response and demands for resignations, Immediate Response
Northam faced widespread calls for resignation, including from would-be 2020 Democratic presidential candidates and from Virginia's Democratic U.S. Senators, Mark Warner and Tim Kaine. Before facing scandals of their own, Herring issued a call for Northam to resign and Fairfax called for Northam to "do what was best for the state". According to Axios, a wide list of state and national politicians, activists, and public figures called for Northam's resignation. Among them was Representative Karen Bass, chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, who stated:  "We now know what Ralph Northam did when he thought no one was watching.


2019 Virginia political crisis, Response and demands for resignations, Immediate Response
The person in that photo can’t be trusted to lead. Governor Northam must resign immediately." State leaders and organizations such as Congressman Donald McEachin, former Congressman Scott Taylor, the ACLU of Virginia, and the Richmond Times Dispatch all called on Northam to resign, and this call transcended party lines as both the Virginia House Democrats and the Virginia GOP demanded resignation. Nationally, figures such as Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, Tom Steyer, and Chuck Schumer all made statements admonishing Northam's actions and asking for an apology and a leave of his position.


2019 Virginia political crisis, Response and demands for resignations, Immediate Response
In a joint statement, Senator Warner, Senator Kaine, and Representative Bobby Scott issued a joint statement including the assertion that "After [they] watched his press conference today, [they] called Governor Northam to tell him that [they] no longer believe[d] he can effectively serve as Governor of Virginia and that he must resign."


2019 Virginia political crisis, Response and demands for resignations, Immediate Response
Democrats' response to the allegations against Fairfax and Herring's admission was more subdued, testing whether Democrats would apply the same zero-tolerance standards they applied in other previous cases. Some state politicians held off on calling for Herring's resignation, as they were concerned about the risk of losing Democratic control of the executive branch in Virginia. US Democratic Virginia Representatives Don Beyer and Jennifer Wexton were vocal in their calls for Northam and Fairfax to resign and did not make a similar call for Herring's resignation. In a statement responding to questions about why they excluded Herring, Wexton stated that he "came forward proactively, is very regretful and contrite."


2019 Virginia political crisis, Response and demands for resignations, Immediate Response
Following the claims, Fairfax resigned as partner of the Richmond law firm Morrison and Foerster following a leave of absence. He filed a $400 million lawsuit in early September 2019 against CBS for defamation over interviews with his accusers, which was later dismissed by a federal judge. A lawsuit was also filed against Fairfax titled Judicial Watch et al. v Justin E. Fairfax et al. regarding the Freedom of Information Act after staff in Fairfax's office refused to disclose records to the group.


2019 Virginia political crisis, Response and demands for resignations, Immediate Response
After the first full week in February, Northam and Herring were both adamant in their refusal to resign, while Democratic Delegate Patrick Hope indicated he was initiating impeachment proceedings against Fairfax. This opened up the possibility that two white men accused of blackface would maintain their terms while an African American man would face impeachment and removal for unproven accusations. Given the optics of this situation, many leaders in Virginia softened their stances on resignation for any of the three statewide elected officials.


2019 Virginia political crisis, Response and demands for resignations, Line of succession
According to the Virginia Constitution, if the governor resigned, his lieutenant governor would replace him. If the lieutenant governor were unable to replace the governor, the attorney general would become governor. The Speaker of the House – who at the time of the scandals was Kirk Cox, a Republican – was fourth in the line of succession and would have become governor if all three had resigned or had been removed. (Cox stated, "I have never been in blackface, unequivocal.")


2019 Virginia political crisis, Response and demands for resignations, Line of succession
In the immediate aftermath of the Northam yearbook story, speculation was rampant that Northam would resign; Fairfax even began making preparations to become governor. Many Democrats were enthusiastic about the idea of Fairfax, who would be the state's second black governor, replacing Northam. But the allegations against Fairfax and Herring's revelation gave Northam breathing room and caused Democrats to pause to ponder their next steps. Democrats were "conscious that if all three executives had to step down at once," a Republican would become governor.


2019 Virginia political crisis, Response and demands for resignations, Line of succession
Virginia's Constitution has no clear provision for replacing the lieutenant governor if Fairfax were to resign, potentially leading to a political fight over how to replace him, but a catch-all clause in the constitution governing filling vacancies would give the governor power to appoint a new lieutenant governor to serve until a special election would be held during the November general election to choose someone to serve the remainder of the term, which ends in January 2022.


2019 Virginia political crisis, Other aspects
Then-Senate Majority Leader Tommy Norment, a Republican, was caught up in the scandal when it was reported that he was listed as managing editor of a 1968 Virginia Military Institute yearbook that featured racially charged language and photos of people in blackface. Norment does not appear in any of the photos and issued a statement saying he condemned the use of blackface and said his role was ensuring writers and photographers made their submissions on time and that he was "still culpable, but it is by association with a team that produced that yearbook with those photos". Norment pointed out that page 236 of the same yearbook shows he supported the racial integration of VMI in 1968, and led an effort to enroll women there in 1997.


2019 Virginia teachers' walkout
The 2019 Virginia teachers' walkout (also known as RedForEd) is a teachers' walkout and protest that began on January 28, 2019, with teachers in Virginia walking out in protest of low school budgets and low teacher wages outside of Northern Virginia.


2019 Virginia teachers' walkout, Background
The walkout was influenced in part of the larger wave of teachers' strikes in the United States, especially in the wake of the teacher's strike in Los Angeles.


2019 Virginia teachers' walkout, Response
The Virginia House of Delegates' leadership proposed in the 2019–20 fiscal budget a five percent pay raise for teachers across the Commonwealth.


2019 Vissel Kobe season
The 2019 Vissel Kobe season was Vissel Kobe's sixth consecutive season in the J1 League following promotion to the top flight in 2013 and their 21st J1 League season overall. The club also participated in the 2019 Emperor's Cup, the 2019 J.League Cup. Vissel Kobe defeated Kashima Antlers in the final of the Emperor's Cup on 1 January 2020, winning a major trophy for the first time in the club's history.


2019 Vissel Kobe season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019 Vissel Kobe season, Squad, Out on loan
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2019 Viterra Championship
The 2019 Viterra Championship, Manitoba's provincial men's curling championship, was held from February 6 to 10 at the Tundra Oil and Gas Place in Virden. The winning Team Carruthers represented Manitoba at the 2019 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship in Brandon, Manitoba.


2019 Viterra Championship, Draw
32 team double knockout with playoff roundFour teams qualify each from A Event and B Event


2019 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards
The 2019 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards is the 20th edition of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards held on May 18, 2019 at the Grand Arena in Accra. 2019 marked 20 years of Ghana Music Awards. The event was co-hosted by Kwami Sefa Kayi who hosted from 1999 to 2007 and Berla Mundi.


2019 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards, Disturbance and break in the show
At the 2019 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards a fracas broke out on stage between two Ghanaian reggae and dancehall artistes Stonebwoy and Shatta Wale. Stonebwoy was announced as winner for the Reggae and Dancehall Artistes for the year. Whiles receiving his award on stage, Shatta Wale and his team approached the stage which resulted in the brawl and putting the event on hold for a few minutes for calm to prevail. During the confrontation Stonebwoy was seen wielding a gun on stage during the disturbance that night.


2019 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards, Disturbance and break in the show
The show was continued after the two musicians were ushered out of the room by the security at the venue. The event continued with a performance by fellow reggae and dancehall artistes from Ghana Samini. The incident further prevented the event organizers from announcing the winners for the Vodafone Most Popular Song of the Year and Artiste of the Year. The two musicians Stonebwoy and Shatta Wale has been later invited by the Ghana Police Service for interrogation.


2019 Vodafone Senior League
The 2019 Fiji Senior League was the second-highest division within the Fiji football league system after the Fiji Premier League in Fiji Senior League (Vodafone Senior League for sponsorship reasons). It is currently contested by 12 teams with two groups of 6 teams and is ran and overseen by the Fiji Football Association in Fiji.


2019 Vodafone Senior League, Teams
A total of twelve teams compete in the league in two groups of six teams each


2019 Vodafone Senior League, Play-Offs
The play-offs are played between the top two of each group. The winner is promoted to  2020 Fiji Premier League


2019 Volta Limburg Classic
The 2019 Volta Limburg Classic was the 46th edition of the Volta Limburg Classic cycle race and was held on 6 April 2019 as part of the 2019 UCI Europe Tour. The race started and finished in Eijsden. The race was won by Patrick Müller.


2019 Volta Limburg Classic, Teams
Twenty-four teams were invited to take part in the race. These included seven UCI Professional Continental teams and seventeen UCI Continental teams.


2019 Volta a Catalunya
The 2019 Volta a Catalunya was a road cycling stage race, that took place between 25 and 31 March 2019 in Spain. It was the 99th edition of Volta a Catalunya and the ninth race of the 2019 UCI World Tour. It was won by Miguel Ángel López of Astana.


2019 Volta a Catalunya, Teams
The 18 UCI WorldTeams were automatically invited to the race. In addition seven second-tier UCI Continental Circuits received a wildcard invitation to participate in the event.


2019 Volta a Portugal
The 2019 Volta a Portugal was the 81st edition of the Volta a Portugal cycle race and was held on 31 July to 12 August 2019. The race started in Viseu and finished in Porto.


2019 Volta a Portugal, Classification leadership
There arefour main individual classifications being contested in the 2019 Volta a Portugal, as well a team, combination and national rider competition. The most important is the general classification, which is calculated by adding each rider's finishing times on each stage. The rider with the lowest cumulative time is the winner of the general classification and was considered to be the overall winner of the Tour. The rider leading the classification wore a yellow jersey sponsored by Santander.


2019 Volta a Portugal, Classification leadership
Second, there is a points classification, which awards a green jersey sponsored by Rubis Gás. In the points classification, cyclists receive points for finishing inside the top 10 in a stage apart from the prologue. Depending on the type of finish, different points are distributed among the top 10. In addition, riders receive points for finishing in the top three at intermediate sprints during each stage – awarded on a 5–3–1 scale.


2019 Volta a Portugal, Classification leadership
There is also a mountains classification, the leadership of which is marked by a blue jersey sponsored by Liberty Seguros. In the mountains classification, points towards the classification are won by reaching the top of a climb before other cyclists. Each climb is categorised as either category S, 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs.


2019 Volta a Portugal, Classification leadership
The fourth jersey represents the young rider classification, marked by an white jersey sponsored by Jogos Santa Casa. This is decided the same way as the general classification, but only riders born on or after 1 January 1996 are eligible to be ranked in the classification.


2019 Volta a Portugal, Classification leadership
There were also awards for the team classification, in which the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage are added together; the leading team at the end of the race is the team with the lowest total time. The number of stage victories and placings per team determined the outcome of a tie. The riders in the team that led this classification were identified with yellow number bibs on the back of their jerseys.


2019 Volta a Portugal, Classification leadership
The next individual award was the combination (Kombinado) classification. A rider's ranking in the combination classification was determined by tallying up his positions in the general, points and mountains classifications. If no rider was classified in all three classifications, riders classified in two would have been considered, and if that was tied the general classification will decide the winner. This classification was sponsored by Kia.


2019 Volta a Portugal, Classification leadership
The seven and final award represents the classification for Portuguese riders and was sponsored by Jogos Santa Casa. This is decided the same way as the general classification, but only riders born in Portugal are eligible to be ranked in the classification. Like the combination award this is only presented on the podium and is not worn in race.


2019 Volta a Portugal, Classification leadership
A total of €128,790 was awarded in cash prizes in the race. The overall winner of the general classification received €16,045, with the second and third placed riders getting €8,115 and €3,985 respectively. All finishers in the top 20 were awarded with money. The final winners of the points, mountains, young rider, combination and best Portuguese rider classifications were given €1,500. The team classification winners were awarded a trophy. €3,060 was given to the winners of each stage of the race, apart from the prologue where the winner was given €1,490, with smaller amounts given to places 2–20.


2019 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
The 70th edition of the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana (English: Tour of the Valencian Community) was held from 6 to 10 February 2019. It was run over five stages, of which one was an time trial, covering a total distance of 647 km. It was a 2.1 event on the 2019 UCI Europe Tour. The race was run entirely in the autonomous community of Valencia, starting in Orihuela and finishing in Valencia.


2019 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
The race was won by Spaniard Ion Izagirre of the Astana team. Alejandro Valverde and Pello Bilbao, also from Spain, finished second and third.


2019 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, Teams
Twenty-four teams started the race. Each team had a maximum of seven riders:


2019 Volta ao Algarve
The 2019 Volta ao Algarve is a road cycling stage race that took place in the Algarve region of Portugal between 20 and 24 February 2019. It was the 45th edition of the Volta ao Algarve and was rated as a 2.HC event as part of the UCI Europe Tour.


2019 Volta ao Algarve, Teams
Twenty-four teams started the race. Each team had a maximum of seven riders:


2019 Volvo Car Open
The 2019 Volvo Car Open was a women's tennis event on the 2019 WTA Tour. It took place between April 1 – 7, 2019 and was the 47th edition of the Charleston Open tournament and a Premier level tournament. The event took place at the Family Circle Tennis Center, on Daniel Island, Charleston, United States. It was the only event of the clay court season played on green clay.


2019 Volvo Car Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:


2019 Volvo Car Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2019 Volvo Car Open – Doubles
Alla Kudryavtseva and Katarina Srebotnik were the defending champions, but Kudryavtseva chose not to participate. Srebotnik played alongside Raquel Atawo, but lost in the quarterfinals to Irina Khromacheva and Veronika Kudermetova.


2019 Volvo Car Open – Doubles
Anna-Lena Grönefeld and Alicja Rosolska won the title, defeating Khromacheva and Kudermetova in the final, 7–6(9–7), 6–2


2019 Volvo Car Open – Singles
Kiki Bertens was the defending champion, but lost in the third round to Maria Sakkari.


2019 Volvo Car Open – Singles
Madison Keys won the title, defeating Caroline Wozniacki in the final, 7–6(7–5), 6–3. This was the final WTA tour final Wozniacki participated in before her retirement in January 2020.


2019 Volvo Car Open – Singles, Seeds
The top eight seeds received a bye into the second round.


2019 Volvo Car Open – Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2019 Vorarlberg state election
The 2019 Vorarlberg state election was held on 13 October 2019 to elect the members of the Landtag of Vorarlberg.


2019 Vorarlberg state election
The election was marked by major losses for the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ), with all other parties benefiting as a result. The Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) and Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) each improved their vote share for the first time since 2004, though the former failed to regain the absolute majority it had lost in 2014. The Greens moved into second place with a strong result of 18.9%. NEOS – The New Austria (NEOS) sought re-election to a Landtag for the first time and improved its performance to 8.5%.


2019 Vorarlberg state election
The election took place just two weeks after the federal election in September, and was viewed as a boost to the prospect of an ÖVP–Green federal coalition, which would mirror the composition of the incumbent Voralberg government. The ÖVP–Green government under Governor Markus Wallner was renewed and took office in November.


2019 Vorarlberg state election, Background
In the 2014 election, the ÖVP suffered major losses, primarily to the Greens and new party NEOS, and lost its majority. The party subsequently formed a coalition with the Greens.


2019 Vorarlberg state election, Electoral system
The 36 seats of the Landtag of Vorarlberg are elected via open list proportional representation in a two-step process. The seats are distributed between four multi-member constituencies, corresponding to the districts of Vorarlberg. For parties to receive any representation in the Landtag, they must either win at least one seat in a constituency directly, or clear a 5 percent state-wide electoral threshold. Seats are distributed in constituencies according to the Hagenbach-Bischoff quota, with any remaining seats allocated at the state level, to ensure overall proportionality between a party's vote share and its share of seats.


2019 Vorarlberg state election, Contesting parties
The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag.


2019 Vorarlberg state election, Contesting parties
In addition to the parties already represented in the Landtag, seven parties collected enough signatures to be placed on the ballot.


2019 Vorarlberg state election, Aftermath
Governor Wallner held discussions with all parties before entering coalition talks with the Greens. They came to an agreement on 4 November, which was approved by both parties.


2019 Voronin Cup
The 2019 Mikhail Voronin Cup took place on November 29–30 in Penza, Russia.


2019 Voyager Media Awards
The 2019 Voyager Media Awards (previously the Canon Media Awards) were held at the Cordis, Auckland on 17 May 2019. Awards were made in the categories of digital, feature writing, general, magazines, health journalism, scholarships, newspapers, opinion writing, photography, reporting and videography.


2019 Voyager Media Awards, Judges
The judges for the 2019 awards were Drew Ambrose, Felicity Anderson, Monica Attard, Allan Baddock, John Baker, Joseph Barratt, Victoria Birkinshaw, Joanne Black, Mike Bowers, Nick Brown, Melanie Burford, Scott Campbell, Irene Chapple, Donna Chisholm, Deborah Coddington, Glenn Conway, Paul Cutler, Bruce Davidson, Mike Dickison, Greg Dixon, Michael Donaldson, Kerryanne Evans, Michael Field, Mike Fletcher, Melissa Gardi, Richard Harman, Isabella Harrex, Wayne Hay, Michele Hewitson, Deborah Hill Cone, Andrew Holden, James Hollings, Ali Ikram, Jim Kayes, Bruce Mahalski, Bruce Morris, Lisa Morton, Bernard Lagan, Lorelei Mason, Debra Millar, Bill Moore, Jenny Nicholls, Cheryl Norrie, Foster Niumata, Antony Phillips, Owen Poland, Lauren Quaintance, Terry Quinn, Maramena Roderick, Neil Sanderson, Kamahl Santamaria, Catherine Smith, Barry Stewart, Matt Straker, Catherine Strong, Alan Sunderland, Rob Taggart, Shane Taurima, Paul Thompson, Wayne Thompson, Greg Treadwell, Jim Tully, Fran Tyler, Lynda van Kempen, Nick Venter, Ngahuia Wade, Tina Wickliffe, Emily Wilson, Sonya Wilson, and Gilbert Wong.


2019 Voyager Media Awards, Winners, General
Outstanding Achievement Award University of Canterbury in recognition of 50 years of running a postgraduate journalism programme


2019 Voyager Media Awards, Winners, Features
Best arts, entertainment and/or lifestyle portfolio Kim Knight (Canvas, NZ Herald / NZME)


2019 Voyager Media Awards, Winners, Feature writing
Best first-person essay or feature Michelle Langstone (North & South / Bauer Media Group)


2019 Voyager Media Awards, Winners, Feature writing
Best feature writer – junior Ellen Rykers (New Zealand Geographic / Kōwhai Media)


2019 Voyager Media Awards, Winners, Feature writing
Feature Writer of the Year (short form) James Borrowdale (VICE)


2019 Voyager Media Awards, Winners, General
Reviewer of the Year Joint winners Charlotte Grimshaw (New Zealand Listener/Bauer Media Group) and Diana Wichtel (New Zealand Listener/Bauer Media)


2019 Voyager Media Awards, Winners, Magazines
Best magazine cover North & South / Bauer Media Group


2019 Voyager Media Awards, Winners, Magazines
Magazine of the Year New Zealand Geographic / Kōwhai Media


2019 Voyager Media Awards, Winners, Newspapers
Community Newspaper of the Year The Beacon / Beacon Publishing Group


2019 Voyager Media Awards, Winners, Newspapers
Newspaper of the Year (up to 30,000 circulation) Waikato Times (Stuff)


2019 Voyager Media Awards, Winners, Newspapers
Newspaper of the Year (more than 30,000 circulation) NZ Herald (NZME)


2019 Voyager Media Awards, Winners, Newspapers
Best (single) news story Madeleine Chapman (The Spinoff) and Nicholas Jones (NZ Herald), joint winners


2019 Voyager Media Awards, Winners, Opinion writing
Opinion writing – general and/or sport Max Christoffersen (Waikato Times / Stuff)


2019 Voyager Media Awards, Winners, Opinion writing
Opinion writing – humour / satire Madeleine Chapman (The Spinoff)


2019 Voyager Media Awards, Winners, Photography
Best photography – general Stephen Jaquiery (Otago Daily Times/Allied Press)


2019 Voyager Media Awards, Winners, Photography
Best photography – news and/or sport Braden Fastier (Nelson Mail / Stuff)


2019 Voyager Media Awards, Winners, Photography
Photographer of the Year Braden Fastier (Nelson Mail / Stuff) and Chris Skelton (Stuff)


2019 Voyager Media Awards, Winners, Reporting
Crime and/or social issues Kirsty Johnston (NZ Herald / NZME)


2019 Voyager Media Awards, Winners, Reporting
Best reporting – Maori affairs Miriama Kamo (Sunday and Marae / TVNZ)


2019 Voyager Media Awards, Winners, Reporting
Best (single) news story / scoop Madeleine Chapman (The Spinoff) and Nicholas Jones (NZ Herald / NZME)


2019 Voyager Media Awards, Winners, Reporting
Best coverage of a major news event Newshub / MediaWorks (Royal Tour)


2019 Voyager Media Awards, Winners, Reporting
Best editorial campaign or project Stuff (New Zealand Made/ Nā Niu Tireni)


2019 Voyager Media Awards, Winners, Reporting
Community Journalist of the Year Torika Tokalau (Stuff, Western Leader)


2019 Voyager Media Awards, Winners, Reporting
Regional Journalist of the Year Hamish McNeilly (Stuff, The Press)


2019 Voyager Media Awards, Winners, Reporting
Business Journalist of the Year Calida Stuart-Menteath (National Business Review)


2019 Voyager Media Awards, Winners, Reporting
Broadcast Reporter of the Year Janet McIntyre (Sunday / TVNZ)


2019 Voyager Media Awards, Winners, Videography
Best feature video (single videographer) Anna Harcourt (Re: / TVNZ)


2019 Voyager Media Awards, Winners, Videography
Best team video – news Newshub / MediaWorks (Road toll devastation through the eyes of first responders)


2019 Voyager Media Awards, Winners, Videography
Opinion writing – general and/or sport Best team video – feature Sunday / TVNZ (P Babies)


2019 Vuelta a Andalucía
2019 Vuelta a Andalucía was the 65th edition of the Vuelta a Andalucía road cycling race. It was held from 20 to 24 February 2019 as a 2.HC event on the 2019 UCI Europe Tour.


2019 Vuelta a Andalucía, Teams
Nineteen teams started the race. Each team had a maximum of seven riders:


2019 Vuelta a Asturias
The 2019 Vuelta a Asturias was the 62nd edition of the Vuelta a Asturias road cycling stage race, which was held from 3 May to 5 May 2019. The race started and finished in Oviedo. The race was won by Richard Carapaz of the Movistar Team.


2019 Vuelta a Burgos
The 2019 Vuelta a Burgos is a men's road bicycle race which takes place from 13 August to 17 August 2019. It is the 41st edition of the Vuelta a Burgos stage race, which was established in 1946. The race is rated as a 2.HC event and forms part of the 2019 UCI Europe Tour. The race is made up of five stages.


2019 Vuelta a Burgos, Teams
Eighteen teams entered the race. Each team had a maximum of seven riders:


2019 Vuelta a España
The 2019 Vuelta a España was a three-week Grand Tour cycling stage race that took place in Spain, Andorra and France between 24 August and 15 September 2019. The race was the 74th edition of the Vuelta a España and is the final Grand Tour of the 2019 cycling season. The race started with a team time trial in Torrevieja on the Costa Blanca.


2019 Vuelta a España
The race was won by Primož Roglič of Team Jumbo–Visma, making him the first Slovenian rider to win a Grand Tour. Rounding out the podium were Alejandro Valverde of Movistar Team in second and Roglič's countryman Tadej Pogačar of UAE Team Emirates in third.


2019 Vuelta a España
Along with the overall, Roglič also took the points classification. Geoffrey Bouchard of AG2R La Mondiale won the mountains classification, while Pogačar was the best young rider. Miguel Ángel López of Astana was named the overall most combative, and Movistar Team won the team classification.


2019 Vuelta a España, Teams
The 18 UCI WorldTeams are automatically invited to the race. In addition, four Professional Continental teams obtained a wildcard, bringing the number of teams to 22.


2019 Vuelta a España, Pre-race favourites
The winner of the 2018 Vuelta a España, Simon Yates, had decided to not defend his title after riding in the 2019 Giro d'Italia and Tour de France. Steven Kruijswijk, Primož Roglič (Team Jumbo-Visma), Miguel Ángel López, Jakob Fuglsang (Astana) and Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team) were considered among the pre-race favourites. Fernando Gaviria (UAE Team Emirates) and Sam Bennett (Bora-Hansgrohe) were considered as potential stage winners and points classification contenders. Kruijswijk climbed on the podium of the 2019 Tour de France, while his team partner Roglič got third at the 2019 Giro d'Italia. López was on the podium on both the 2018 Giro d'Italia and the 2018 Vuelta a España.


2019 Vuelta a España, Pre-race favourites
There were three previous winners among the participating cyclists: Alejandro Valverde (2009), Fabio Aru (2015) and Nairo Quintana (2016). Valverde (Movistar Team) and Thomas De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal) also attempted to defend their points and mountain classification titles.


2019 Vuelta a España, Classification leadership
The Vuelta a España has four individual classifications, for which jerseys were awarded daily to the leading rider, as well as a team competition. The primary classification is the general classification, which is calculated by adding each rider's finishing times on each stage. Time bonuses were awarded at the end of every stage apart from the team time trial (stage 1) and individual time trial (stage 10). The rider with the lowest cumulative time is the leader of the general classification, and wears the red jersey. The leader of the general classification at the end of the race is considered the overall winner of the Vuelta a España.


2019 Vuelta a España, Classification leadership
The second classification is the points classification. Riders receive points for finishing among the highest placed in a stage finish, or in intermediate sprints during the stages. The points available for each stage finish are determined by the stage's type. The leader is identified by a green jersey.


2019 Vuelta a España, Classification leadership
The next classification is the mountains classification. Points are awarded to the riders that reach the summit of the most difficult climbs first. The climbs are categorized, in order of increasing difficulty, third-, second-, and first- and special-category. The leader wears white jersey with blue polka dots.


2019 Vuelta a España, Classification leadership
The final of the individual classifications is the young rider classification, which is calculated by adding each rider's finishing times on each stage for each rider born on or after 1 January 1994. The rider with the lowest cumulative time is the leader of the young rider classification, and wears the white jersey.


2019 Vuelta a España, Classification leadership
There is also the team classification. After each stage, the times of the three highest finishers of each team are added together. The victory is awarded to the team with the lowest cumulative time at the end of the event.


2019 Vuelta a España, Classification leadership
In addition, there is one individual award: the combativity award. This award is given after each stage (excluding the team time trial and individual time trial) to the rider "who displayed the most generous effort and best sporting spirit." The daily winner wears a green number bib the following stage. At the end of the Vuelta, a jury decides the top three riders for the “Most Combative Rider ofLa Vuelta”, with a public vote deciding the victor.


2019 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11
The 2019 Vuelta a España is the 74th edition of the Vuelta a España, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Vuelta started in Torrevieja, with a team time trial on 24 August, and Stage 11 occurred on 4 September with a stage to Urdax. The race finished in Madrid on 15 September.


2019 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 1
24 August 2019 — Salinas de Torrevieja to Torrevieja, 13.4 km (8.3 mi), team time trial (TTT)


2019 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 2
25 August 2019 — Benidorm to Calpe, 199.6 km (124.0 mi)


2019 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 3
26 August 2019 — Ibi to Alicante, 188 km (116.8 mi)


2019 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 4
27 August 2019 — Cullera to El Puig, 175.5 km (109.1 mi)


2019 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 5
28 August 2019 — L'Eliana to Observatorio Astrofísico de Javalambre, 170.7 km (106.1 mi)


2019 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 6
29 August 2019 — Mora de Rubielos to Ares del Maestrat, 198.9 km (123.6 mi)


2019 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 7
30 August 2019 — Onda to Mas de la Costa, 183.2 km (113.8 mi)


2019 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 8
31 August 2019 — Valls to Igualada, 166.9 km (103.7 mi)


2019 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 9
1 September 2019 — Andorra la Vella (Andorra) to Encamp (Andorra), 94.4 km (58.7 mi)


2019 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 10
3 September 2019 — Jurançon (France) to Pau (France), 36.2 km (22.5 mi) (ITT)


2019 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 11
4 September 2019 — Saint-Palais (France) to Urdax, 180 km (111.8 mi)


2019 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21
The 2019 Vuelta a España is the 74th edition of the Vuelta a España, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Vuelta started in Torrevieja, with a team time trial on 24 August, and Stage 12 occurred on 5 September with a hilly stage from Circuito de Navarra. The race finished in Madrid on 15 September.


2019 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 12
5 September 2019 — Circuito de Navarra to Bilbao, 171.4 km (106.5 mi)


2019 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 13
6 September 2019 — Bilbao to Los Machucos, 166.4 km (103.4 mi)


2019 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 14
7 September 2019 — San Vicente de la Barquera to Oviedo, 188 km (116.8 mi)


2019 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 15
8 September 2019 — Tineo to Santuario del Acebo, 154.4 km (95.9 mi)


2019 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 16
9 September 2019 — Pravia to La Cubilla, 144.4 km (89.7 mi)


2019 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 17
11 September 2019 — Aranda de Duero to Guadalajara, 219.6 km (136.5 mi)


2019 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 17
This race was the first time a road race of over 200km had attained an average speed in excess of 50 km/h, and earned Gilbert the Ruban Jaune.


2019 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 18
12 September 2019 — Colmenar Viejo to Becerril de la Sierra, 177.5 km (110.3 mi)


2019 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 19
13 September 2019 — Ávila to Toledo, 165.2 km (102.7 mi)


2019 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 20
14 September 2019 — Arenas de San Pedro to Plataforma de Gredos, 190.4 km (118.3 mi)


2019 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stage 21
15 September 2019 — Fuenlabrada to Madrid, 106.6 km (66.2 mi)


2019 Vuelta a Murcia
The 2019 Vuelta a Murcia was the 39th edition of the Vuelta a Murcia cycle race. It was from 15-16 February 2018 as a UCI Europe Tour category 2.1 race. The race was won by Luis León Sánchez of the Astana team.


2019 Vuelta a Murcia, Teams
Eighteen teams of up to seven riders started the race:


2019 Vuelta a San Juan
The 2019 Vuelta a San Juan was a road cycling stage race that took place in the San Juan Province of Argentina between 27 January and 3 February 2019. The race was rated as a 2.1 event as part of the 2019 UCI America Tour, and was the 37th edition of the Vuelta a San Juan.


2019 Vuelta a San Juan, Teams
Twenty-seven teams started the race. Each team had a maximum of seven riders:


2019 Vålerenga Fotball season
During the 2019 campaign Vålerenga will have competed in the following competitions: Eliteserien, Norwegian Football Cup.


2019 Vålerenga Fotball season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019 Vålerenga Fotball season, Squad, Out on loan
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2019 Vålerenga Fotball season, Transfers, Winter
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2019 Vålerenga Fotball season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019 Vålerenga Fotball season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019 Vålerenga Fotball season, Transfers, Summer
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2019 W Series
The 2019 W Series was the inaugural motor racing season of the W Series, an all-female Formula 3-level racing series.


2019 W Series, Driver selection
55 drivers were initially entered in a qualifying longlist for the 2019 season, with a further six added later on. An evaluation was held at the Wachauring in Melk, Austria over 26–28 January, with series judges—including David Coulthard, Alexander Wurz and Lyn St. James— selecting a shortlist of drivers that would get to test the Tatuus–Alfa Romeo T-318.


2019 W Series, Driver selection
Drivers completed 10 'modules' that tested their skills in racecraft, fitness, media training and sponsorship pitches, before a final knockout series of races that would decide the 28 drivers that advanced to the next stage at the Circuito de Almería in Almería, Spain. The final stage held over 22–27 March, which saw additional fitness testing and data analysis alongside traditional testing, would decide the 18-driver line-up as well as four additional substitute drivers who would be on standby in the event of a regular driver's absence.


2019 W Series, Driver selection
The evaluation format drew mixed opinions from the competitors. Eliminated driver Charlotte Poynting labelled the process "confusing" and that the judges "obviously weren't looking for the fastest drivers", whereas compatriot Caitlin Wood claimed the evaluation was "as fair as they could make it".


2019 W Series, Driver selection, Qualified drivers
All drivers competed with the Tatuus–Alfa Romeo F3 T-318 operated by Hitech GP and fitted with Hankook tires.


2019 W Series, Driver selection, Qualified drivers
– Megan Gilkes, normally a regular driver, was demoted to reserve driver duties at Round 4. Vivien Keszthelyi, normally a reserve driver, was promoted to regular driver duties at Round 4.


2019 W Series, Calendar and results
A single championship race was held at six rounds of the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, with an additional non-championship race at TT Circuit Assen to test different event formats.


2019 W Series, Championship standings, Scoring system
Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers as follows:


2019 W Series Assen round
The 2019 W Series Assen round (also commercially referred to as #WRace5) was the fifth round of the 2019 W Series, and took place at the TT Circuit Assen in the Netherlands on 20 July 2019. The event was an undercard to the 2019 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters round at the same circuit.


2019 W Series Assen round, Report, Background
Heading into the event, Jamie Chadwick leads the championship on 83 points as the only driver to score a podium at all 4 events. Having beaten Chadwick to second in Nuremberg, Beitske Visser closed the gap to ten points with two races remaining. Norisring race winner Marta García sits third, a further thirteen points behind Visser but still within maximum points of the series lead.


2019 W Series Assen round, Report, Background
Mathematically, both Fabienne Wohlwend and Alice Powell are still in title contention – however Wohlwend sits more than an event's worth of points behind Chadwick whereas Powell needs to win both races and all four to finish outside the top ten in both races to win the championship on a countback.


2019 W Series Assen round, Report, Background
On 28 June it was announced that an additional non-championship race would be held to assist the series in experimenting with new formats for future seasons. The race will be held on 21 July, with a full-field reverse grid set to the same race distance as previous events.


2019 W Series Assen round, Report, Background
The day before the event begun, W Series management would confirm the prize pool for the 2019 season as well as entry details for the 2020 season.


2019 W Series Assen round, Report, Practice
Ahead of Practice, Megan Gilkes would be reinstated as 'main driver' having been demoted to 'reserve driver' in Nuremberg. Vivien Keszthelyi would return to the reserve driver role.


2019 W Series Assen round, Report, Practice
Finnish driver Emma Kimiläinen dominated the opening session of the weekend, setting the first representative time and maintaining the top spot throughout. The only driver in the field to have raced at Assen previously, having done so in 2008, would finish nearly three tenths clear of Friday gun Jessica Hawkins and Norisring retirement Sarah Moore.


2019 W Series Assen round, Report, Practice
Moore would finish on top of the second practice session. Despite the later than usual session time, laptimes would prove to be slower overall than in the first session. Vittoria Piria would be second fastest with a late time putting her 0.25sec adrift of Moore, with championship leader Chadwick third. Home favourite and championship contender Visser would end the session down in 12th place.


2019 W Series Assen round, Report, Qualifying
Qualifying would commence at 9:30am CET. Kimiläinen would start Saturday where she left off on Friday, with the first fast representative time. With the lingering threat of rain, drivers began to push early on. Esmee Hawkey would find trouble, first spinning on the exit of turn five and later in the lap launching into a wheelie off one of the sawtooth kerbs. Alice Powell would then move to the top of the times, however the Finn would soon take the position back.


2019 W Series Assen round, Report, Qualifying
Drivers would start pushing track limits, with Moore bouncing across the same kerb that caught out Hawkey whilst Fabienne Wohlwend would damage her front wing on another. With five minutes remaining in the session, Shea Holbrook would spin into the gravel and bring out a red flag. A closing minutes dash for times would ensue, however before drivers could complete their laps Piria would suffer from an engine failure out on the circuit and bring a premature end to the session. Kimiläinen would maintain pole ahead of Powell and Chadwick, with Caitlin Wood having her best result of the season with sixth.


2019 W Series Assen round, Report, Championship race
Kimiläinen would make an average start from pole position, with Powell moving ahead and Chadwick attempting to drive between the two however would be unable to make the move work. Further back, a bottleneck at the first corner would see Tasmin Pepper lose the rear end on the wet kerb from earlier rain and spin, with an unsighted Miki Koyama crashing into her. Koyama would retire on the spot, whilst Pepper would make it back to the pits but the damage would be deemed terminal. Koyama's stranded car would bring out the safety car.


2019 W Series Assen round, Report, Championship race
Having passed Visser at the start, Wood started to form a train from fourth place back. Wohlwend would attempt a move on Gosia Rdest for sixth, but broke her wing on a kerb and was forced into the pits to replace it. Holbrook would take a trip through the gravel at the final chicane at the back of the field, whilst Sabré Cook would receive a drive-though penalty for starting out of position. Visser managed to get past Wood not long after.


2019 W Series Assen round, Report, Championship race
With ten minutes remaining, Kimiläinen would force Powell into an error at the first corner – the Briton running wide and ceding the lead to the Finn. Championship contenders Chadwick and Visser would start to battle over the final place on the podium, however with two laps remaining Visser would lock a front brake at turn five and would lose time on Chadwick.